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RB 80/00038 Vesuvius opal diggings.
Small quantities were mined from 1977 to 1978. The opal infills joints in leached and weathered Cretaceous shale. Considerable potential exists for further small finds of opal.-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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RB 84/00047 Origin and formation of matrix opal from Andamooka, South Australia.
Two specimens were probably formed by partial dissolution of Andamooka Limestone erratics within Cretaceous marine sandy clay, followed by replacement of the remaining carbonate rock by fine grained silica together with growth and deposition of silica...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 80/00103 Lambina opal diggings.
Small quantities of precious opal have been mined 1977-79. Opal and potch occur as opaline-silica cement within Cretaceous sandstone lenses, and as thin seams and fracture infillings within Cretaceous claystone, clasts and vein infillings within...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1980
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RB 91/00041 Geology of the KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
Extensive field geological mapping, augmented by petrological and geochemical studies, reinterpretation of company drilling and water-bore logs and a nine-hole drilling programme has detailed the geology of the KINGOONYA area. The stratigraphy spans...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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RB 91/00103 Geology and mineral potential of the Pitjantjatjara Lands - South Australia.
The Pitjantjatjara Lands cover crystalline basement rocks of the Middle Proterozoic Musgrave Block, fringed by relatively unaltered sediments of the late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic Officer Basin, the late Palaeozoic Arckaringa Basin and the Mesozoic...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1991
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RB 93/00010 Explanatory Notes for the WARRINA 1:250 000 geological map.
The oldest rocks on WARRINA outcrop in the Peake and Denison Inliers, which comprise the Davenport and Denison Ranges and small inliers to the east. Basement in this area consists of Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks which were intruded by...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1994
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RB 98/00021 Review of open file company exploration data from 1992 to mid-1997, Olary Domain, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
This report comprises Open file company data, released since the previous MESA review (Yates and Randell, 1994) of the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, includes exploration for base and precious metals (especially stratiform/stratabound Broken...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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RB 89/00005 Tallaringa Block - Potential for subsurface resources.
Relatively little exploration has been carried out due to the areas remoteness and the cost of exploration and because younger basin sediments have masked craton rocks more prospective for minerals. Recent work by SADME, COMALCO and others, has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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RB 90/00014 Explanatory Notes for the TALLARINGA 1:250 000 geological map.
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 89/00033 Well completion report - Finniss 2, Alford 1, Crowsnest 2.
Three shallow fully cored stratigraphic holes were drilled in 1985 by the SADME Regional Geology Branch to gather subsurface information for inclusion on the CURDIMURKA 1:250000 geological map describing stratigraphy on the southern margin of the...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 91/00084 Mineral occurrences of the KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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RB 88/00081 Kingoonya Geophysical and Stratigraphic Drilling Project. Well completion report.
9 vertical rotary drillholes, with bottom-hole coring, were drilled along a combined ground magnetic and gravity survey traverse extending from Mount Eba to Rocky Hill, to provide true information on concealed Mesoproterozoic sediments and volcanic...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 90/00070 Celestite in South Australia. A review of production use, tenure and geology.
Celestite (SrSO4), is the only known raw material suitable for production of Strontium carbonate and other compounds which are used in the television and computer industries. Historically, only 113 tonnes have been mined in Australia, all from...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 97/00039 Lineament tectonic data, South Australia, with a focus on the Cooper Basin.
The lineament mapping methods used by E.S.T. (Tim) O'Driscoll, which were a crucial factor in the discovery of Olympic Dam, the world's largest known Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, and of several other lesser Australian metallic orebodies, have now been applied...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1997
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McDouall Peak Station (part of the Central Gawler Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/2004 to 19/5/2009.
Exploration for diamonds undertaken by Flinders Mines Ltd (as part of the JV agreement made with Tasman Resources) on the subject EL, located about 70 km south of Coober Pedy, commenced with a re-assessment of open file airborne magnetic data in an...-
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Ungalootanna Hill (part of the Musgrave Project). Annual and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 24/9/1997 to 1/10/2008.
Exploration of an area in the eastern Musgrave Ranges located 70 km north-east of Marla, 10 km south of Mount Irwin Homestead, and 22 km east of the Stuart Highway, has sought to find possible Giles Complex - hosted magmatic nickel sulphide and...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1908
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Gina Outstation (part of the Central Gawler Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/2004 to 19/5/2009.
Exploration for diamonds undertaken by Flinders Mines Ltd (as part of the JV agreement made with Tasman Resources) on the subject EL, located about 30-45 km east of Commonwealth Hill, commenced with a re-assessment of open file airborne magnetic data...-
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Lake Arthur West. Final report at licence surrender for the period 29/8/2006 to 3/4/2009.
An area located 55 km east of Marree was explored for possible sedimentary uranium deposits hosted by Tertiary piedmont sediments shed from granitic basement outcrops of the northern Mount Babbage Inlier. A study of available regolith stratigraphic...-
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Published: 06 Apr 1909
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Mundowdna, Wilpoorinna and Dalarinna Hill (part of the Marree Project). Combined final report at licences' joint surrender, for the period 21/6/2006 to 20/3/2009.
Three areas located along the southern margin of the Eromanga Basin, east and south-east of Marree and adjacent to the Strzelecki Track, have been explored for possible economic sedimentary uranium accumulations in porous Mesozoic sandstones, as it...-
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Warrataddy Hill (part of the ABMINGA Diamond Project and the Tieyon Ni/PGM Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/10/1993 to 16/3/2009.
Early work on the subject licence took place after 25/10/1993 as part of a regional search for possible shallowly buried diamondiferous kimberlites, conducted by Caldera Resources and Laura Holdings across a large tenement package which had been...-
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